Young Children's Aspirations in Science: The unequivocal, the uncertain and the unthinkable

By Jennifer Dewitt, Jonathan Osborne, L. Archer, Justin Dillon, B. Willis, Billy Tak-Ming Wong. 2013

268 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research

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In Education

1. Jennifer Dewitt
2. L. Archer
3. L. Perera
4. Jonathan Osborne
5. Juliette H. Walma van der Molen
6. C. Tuijl
7. Katherine L. McNeill
8. V. Dawson

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. L. Perera
2. Jennifer Dewitt
3. L. Archer
4. Juliette H. Walma van der Molen
5. Jonathan Osborne

In Safety Research

1. Jennifer Dewitt
2. L. Archer
3. L. Perera
4. Jonathan Osborne
5. Juliette H. Walma van der Molen
6. C. Tuijl

Citations in the corpus

• Who Aspires to a Science Career? A comparison of survey responses from primary and secondary school students (2015, methodology): “Nevertheless, there is also a persistent disparity between these positive attitudes and science aspirations (Archer et al., 2010; DeWitt et al., 2013; National Foundation for Educational Research, 2011), suggesting that many students hold the perspective that science is ‘important, but not for me’ (”
• Science-related Aspirations Across the Primary–Secondary Divide: Evidence from two surveys in England (2014, methodology): “More specifically, previous survey work conducted in British and American contexts has found that perceived parental support for the pursuit of science and positive attitudes towards science are closely linked with aspirations towards careers in science (DeWitt et al., 2013; Gilmartin et al., 2006).”
• Study choice and career development in STEM fields: an overview and integration of the research (2015, background): “about age 10, from around age 11 or 12 many adolescents in Western countries indicate that a study path or profession in a STEM-field is ‘not for me’ (DeWitt et al. 2013; Jenkins and Nelson 2010; OECD 2008).”
• Parents' Attitudes Towards Science and their Children's Science Achievement (2014, methodology): “Employing data from a longitudinal project, DeWitt et al. (2013) noted that students who reported to have parents with more positive attitudes towards science tended to have higher educational and occupational science aspirations.”